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Listen to these videos of Magicicada septendecula calling by Joe Green.
M. septendecula calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
M. septendecula calls by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
M. septendecula calling with hum of cicadas in the background by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Enjoy these videos of Magicicada cassini calling by Joe Green.
M. cassini calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
M. cassini calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Cicadas calling from bushes by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
These videos feature the song of Brood XIV Magicicada cicadas. The videos are by Joe Green.
Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Brood XIV Magicicadas by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.
Joe Green sent us this video of a black window spider eating a cicada.
High-res versions of Roy Troutman’s marble-eyed cicada photos. Fascinating. You can see a color variation in all 5 eyes!
Roy has obtained another marble-eyed 17 year cicada found by Mike & Reed Finfrock of West Chester, Ohio.
White eyes are unique, maybe one in 100,000, but these marble eyed cicadas seem to be even more rare. They look like the red was torn away, revealing the gray below (like something you would see on a blinged out Honda Civic or an 80’s metal guitar).
Here’s something that’s truly amazing — a 17 year cicada with marble-colored eyes. White eyed cicadas are rare — but a mixed color eye cicada is amazing. Roy and the person how found the cicada should go play the lottery tonight, because luck is on their side.
An adult Magicicada:
A Magicicada suffering from the massospora cicadina fungus:
The fungus is spread during mating.
Another shot of the adult Magicicada:
A Magicicada suffering from the massospora cicadina fungus:
Gene Kritsky collecting a temperature probe for his cicada temperature study from Roy’s backyard:
Here’s quite a few photos Roy has taken of the emergence. It’s kind of ironic that I’m staying with Roy and his family, and yet it’s taken me this long to post the photos.
